NLIS 5 April 5, 2005 (Natural Resources) The following is being distributed at the request of the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board: Weekly Public Status Report
Contact: Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board, (709) 778-1400. _______________________________________ Glossary of Petroleum Terminology Casing:
Steel pipe set in a well to prevent the hole
from sloughing or caving and to enable formations to be
isolated (there may be several strings of casing in a well,
one inside the other). Completion/Completed:
The activities necessary to prepare a well
for the production of oil or gas or the injection of water
or gas into the reservoir. Fishing:
Operations to recover fish. Liner:
A length of casing suspended from the base
of a previously installed casing string (a liner does not
extend back to the surface of the well). Perforate/Perforating:
Piercing the casing and cement using shaped
explosive charges to provide a flow path for formation
fluids. Production Tree:
An arrangement of heavy-duty valves and
fittings installed on the wellhead to control flow from the
well and/or to facilitate injection operations. Seismic kilometres:
The total number of kilometres of data
recorded in a geophysical program.
Sidetracking:
The operation of deviating a well around a
fish.
Suspension/Suspend:
The temporary cessation of drilling or
production operations in a well.
Wellbore:
The hole drilled by the drill bit.
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